Christ the person. Christ’s enemies do not know who Christ is.

Do you have an enemy, a hater, a person who can’t stand you? What about him, what about them? Don’t we treat someone the same way? Jesus is the Son of God and had, has and will have not only friends, but also enemies. Some of them even took his life. We read: “The Pharisees went out and consulted about Jesus, how to kill him” (Mt 12:14).

It was not only Herod, Pilate Annas… but also the Pharisees, scribes and others. Jesus became their remorse, competition… And so it is today. Who did Jesus want or want bad…? To nobody! Some scourged him, others crucified him, and today many do not and do know him, and take his name in vain. They make fun of Jesus and they don’t know why, for what reason, he simply gets in the way. The personality of the Lord Jesus is significant. As a personality, Lord Jesus – the future Messiah, was significant even before his birth. The Lord Jesus himself confirms this in the Gospel with the words when he quotes the prophet Isaiah: “Behold, my servant whom I have chosen…” (Mt 12:18).

The Gospel explains why he applied these words to himself: “Many followed him and he healed them all, only threatening them not to betray him.” Thus was fulfilled what the prophet Isaiah said” (Mt 12:15-17). Isaiah’s words are part of a song in which the Old Testament singer sings about the future servant of the Lord. Catholic exegetes, but also many other religious scholars, still hold the opinion that the servant The Lord who is spoken of in these songs is the Messiah – Jesus Christ. The ancient Jews also interpreted the Messiah. This is how the Chaldean Targum, the Talmud, and many others interpret them. We can say that everything that the songs say about the Servant of the Lord, it was fulfilled in detail in Jesus Christ. The similarity between the Servant of the Lord and Jesus Christ is so great that it cannot be ignored. And besides the Lord Jesus there is no one who can embody a person,

The person of the Messiah is known to Isaiah and he often presents it to us in his prophecies. The Pharisees want to kill Jesus. That is why Jesus retreats to the background, and at the same time orders those whom he healed to be silent. They do the opposite. That is why the Lord Jesus gets into difficulties, and this is also the reason why later they ask for the death sentence for him from Pilate. It is strange that such an unenviable life, which the Lord Jesus had to lead, became the center of attention and the meaning of life for people until the end of time. This is the gospel penetrated – the glad tidings. We will understand the actions of the enemies of Christ when we understand the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus in the light of God’s revelation.

The words about Jesus are true: “He will not groan or cry out… He will not break a broken reed, He will not extinguish a burning wick…” (Mt 12:19-20). We feel that this also belongs to us. What is our humility? We can see in Is there anything good in the behavior and actions of others? Do we not extinguish by contempt, by rejecting the other’s attempts at good? Are we really disciples of the Lord Jesus? Can we be still and silent?